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Vic TAFE boss denies he was 'rogue'

A former Victorian TAFE executive has defended himself against claims he fraudulently issued a qualification to an unregistered trainer, saying he was "not a rogue".

His outburst came during a hearing by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission into allegations a training organisation, which entered into a $1.8 million contract with South West TAFE, pushed through fraudulent student enrolments in order to profit from government subsidies.

"I was not a rogue, I was a well-respected, long-serving, committed employee of South West TAFE," Maurice Molan told the hearing on Thursday.

"I would not put its (the TAFE's) reputation at jeopardy ... not deliberately."

Earlier on Thursday, the TAFE's former CEO Peter Heilbuth said Mr Molan had accessed the student management system to record Rebecca Taylor, director of TayTell, as being qualified for a Certificate IV in engineering.

Mr Molan's actions came despite the fact she'd been deemed not competent by trainer Jason Sealey.

Mr Molan said he only issued Ms Taylor's certificate because he'd been provided evidence about her competence, but said he couldn't remember who provided the information to him and that the "box of documents was lost".

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He said he'd "worked myself into the ground" while the TAFE launched a new student management system.

Counsel assisting Ian Hill QC showed the hearing an agreement entered into between South West TAFE and TayTell in January 2013, even though TayTell was not even registered as a company until April that year.

Mr Molan said he couldn't recall reading the document in full.

"All this is going on days after my father died and I probably wasn't in a very good space," he said.

Mr Molan told the hearing he went on extended sick leave throughout 2013 and 2014 with a mental health condition that affected his memory.

Ms Taylor enrolled a number of Zinfra employees in a Certificate IV in engineering during 2013, along with some of her family members.

It is alleged TayTell was not qualified to assess students and did not deliver the 1400 required course hours.

Zinfra staff said they received about three hours worth of training, but not for an engineering qualification.

The hearing is expected to run for a month and will also examine a contract TayTell had with Bendigo Kangan Institute concerning Jetstar employees.